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Title A Companion to Cosimo I de' Medici / edited by Alessio Assonitis, Henk Th. van Veen
Published Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2021

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Description 1 online resource
Series The Renaissance Society of America ; 17
The Renaissance Society of America ; 17
Contents List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-2019) -- Alessio Assonitis and Henk Th. van Veen -- 1 The Education of Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (1519-1537) -- Alessio Assonitis -- 2 Alessandro de' Medici: A Reassessment -- Catherine Fletcher -- 3 Cosimo I and His Spanish In-Laws: The Duke and the Toledo Family -- Fernando Loffredo -- 4 The Emperor and the Duke: Cosimo I , Charles V , and the Negotiation of Sovereignty -- Nicholas Scott Baker -- 5 Cosimo I de' Medici and Catherine de Médicis: Making the Political Personal -- Sheila ffolliott -- 6 Cosimo I versus the Strozzi, the Enemies of the State -- Marcello Simonetta -- 7 His Father's Son: Cosimo I de' Medici as Military Leader -- Maurizio Arfaioli -- 8 Cosimo I "Fontana de Iustitia e Nemico de Tristi": Pragmatism and Aequitas -- Daniele Edigati -- 9 Taking Over the Economy: Cosimo I de' Medici and the Management of the Wealth of the State -- Stefano Calonaci -- 10 Cosimo I de' Medici and the Tuscan Territory -- Oscar Schiavone -- 11 Cosimo I and Religious Heterodoxy in Tuscany -- Jessica Maratsos -- 12 Cosimo I de' Medici and the Jews -- Piergabriele Mancuso -- 13 The Duke as Cultural Manager: Institutionalization and Entrepreneurship -- Andrea M. Gáldy -- 14 Problems with Cosimo I 's Artistic Patronage: Baccio Bandinelli and the Neptune Fountain in Piazza della Signoria -- Henk Th. van Veen -- 15 Cosimo I de' Medici and the Renaissance Sciences: "To Measure and to See" -- Sheila Barker -- 16 Cosimo I de' Medici: Antagonism and Praise -- Carmen Menchini -- 17 Cosimo I de' Medici and Modern Historiography -- Brendan Dooley -- Index of Names
Summary Mining the rich documentary sources housed in Tuscan archives and taking advantage of the breadth and depth of scholarship produced in recent years, the seventeen essays in this Companion to Cosimo I de' Medici provide a fresh and systematic overview of the life and career of the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, with special emphasis on Cosimo I's education and intellectual interests, cultural policies, political vision, institutional reforms, diplomatic relations, religious beliefs, military entrepreneurship, and dynastic concerns. Contributors: Maurizio Arfaioli, Alessio Assonitis, Nicholas Scott Baker, Sheila Barker, Stefano Calonaci, Brendan Dooley, Daniele Edigati, Sheila ffolliott, Catherine Fletcher, Andrea Gáldy, Fernando Loffredo, Piergabriele Mancuso, Jessica Maratsos, Carmen Menchini, Oscar Schiavone, Marcello Simonetta, and Henk Th. van Veen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Medici, House of.
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574
Medici, House of
Kings and rulers.
Kings and rulers
Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
Florence (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Tuscany (Italy) -- History -- 1434-1737.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Italy -- Florence
Italy -- Tuscany
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Veen, Henk Th. van, editor
Assonitis, Alessio, editor
LC no. 2021025410
ISBN 9789004465213
9004465219
9789004339774
9004339779